Her name is synonymous with the runway.
However, becoming an international success doesn’t happen overnight.
The bohemian beach babe wasn’t always the ‘It’ girl opening up shows during fashion week.
Read on to discover how Alessandra Ambrosio managed to skyrocket all the way from model to fashion icon.
In fact, ’90s fashion icon Karen Mulder actually inspired the Brazilian-born rookie to pursue modeling.
This sparked a passion in Ambrosio for fashion and the rest is history.
Ambrosio followed in the Dutch supermodel’s footsteps in more ways than one.
But Alessandra Ambrosio has a different story.
The model spent much of her childhood very insecure about her large ears.
This kick-started a lucrative partnership between the model and the brand.
Among other fashion icons like Anna Nicole Smith and Claudia Schiffer, she was clearly in good company.
Apart from online and print advertising, Ambrosio has cemented herself as a catwalk idol.
Her time walking in Victoria’s Secret fashion shows is just the tip of the iceberg.
She has demonstrated time and time again what it means to bethequintessential high fashion supermodel.
Ambrosio has undoubtedly become synonymous with the brand … and vice versa.
Nonetheless, over the coming years she’s remained a favorite among the VS family.
The model was actually the first spokesperson to be linked to the Victoria’s Secret PINK line.
In 2008, Ambrosio famously walked the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show just three short months after giving birth.
On a separate occasion, she sported the heaviest pair of wings ever made for a show while pregnant.
In an interview withSeth Meyers, she shared that the wings were a whopping 60 pounds (viaInsider).
Although she hung up her Angel wings in 2017, Ambrosio remains Victoria’s Secret royalty.
Typically, that distinction is made based off of a model’s earnings.
Luckily, Alessandra Ambrosio has had a very lucrative career thus far.
On several occasions, Ambrosio has landed on Forbes' list of the World’s Highest Paid Models.
She is reportedly earning around $6.6 million on a yearly basis, merely from modeling ventures.
Ambrosio even gets the opportunity to share this title with many of her close friends.
Apart from modeling, Ambrosio has earned her fair share of television and movie credits.
Ambrosio was even selected as NBC’s Food and Culture Correspondent for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
Ambrosio is famous for her laid back, beachy-chic style choices.
Her goal for the brand was to share her “Brazil-Bohemia Meets Malibu Chic” style with the world.
“This is not a hobby for me,” the model explained.
To be a supermodel, one cannot merely look good while wearing clothing.
Her bold fashion choices over the years earned herGQ’s Fashion Icon award.
